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• Most of the 50 billion shoes produced every year end up in landfills.
• A Dutch company, however, says it's figured out a solution.
• FastFeetGrinded says it uses heat to breakdown shoes so they can be recycled.

Shoes have proven difficult to recycle, but one Dutch company thinks it has found the

• Trump is asking allies what they think of his GOP presidential rival Nikki Haley, a report says.
• There has been speculation that Haley could make a good vice-president candidate.
• His inner circle is strongly opposed to a Trump-Haley ticket, saying she does not align with MAGA values.

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The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be

• Herders in Mongolia are facing tough decisions as the climate crisis threatens their way of life.
• Herders make up about a third of the population of Mongolia. 
• As of 2021, 77% of the land in Mongolia has degraded due to overgrazing and climate change.

Herders in Mongolia have dealt with unpredictable weather

Happy holidays! Here is The Vergecast’s gift to you: over 90 minutes of audio content dedicated to USB-C.

Every holiday season, we think about what consumer technology standard has impacted our gadgets throughout the year — and without a doubt, 2023’s favorite standard has to be USB-C. We saw the iPhone 15 finally switch over to

With shows like Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Blue Eye Samurai, and a wild new Castlevania spinoff, Netflix is still holding its own in the streaming wars.

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• Former President Donald Trump has been out of office for three years.
• That means the nation's gone three years without Melania Trump's audacious Christmas decorations.
• She's received flack for years for

• Fannie Mae outlined its housing market forecasts through 2025, including home sales and price growth.
• Lower borrowing costs will boost activity, but home sales will only marginally rise higher.
• Mortgage rates will average 6.7% next year, close to levels seen this summer.

The housing market will see some upside in the coming years, but persistent challenges will limit a

• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman may appear down-to-earth, but he lives luxuriously.
• He owns racing cars and multiple estates.
• A luxury watch website spotted him wearing a nearly half-million-dollar watch.

To Sam Altman's many titles — ousted-then-returned OpenAI CEO, former Y Combinator

• "Money dysmorphia" is when people have a distorted view of their finances.
• For instance, wealthy Americans who have anxiety over not making enough money.
• Financial planners say getting over money dysmorphia starts with taking an honest look at your finances.

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• Yuri Zanoni is a tech worker who made the switch from Amazon to Alibaba in 2020.
• He says the 996 work culture and numerous pandemic lockdowns were huge points of stress.
• But after three years, he's certain that moving there was the right career